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Blogging special sports events and storiesThu, 27 Oct 2016 18:43:48 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.151022412Highlights from NHL Winter Classic alumni gamehttp://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2011/12/highlights-from-nhl-winter-classic-alumni-game/
http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2011/12/highlights-from-nhl-winter-classic-alumni-game/#respondSun, 01 Jan 2012 00:09:52 +0000http://blog.chron.com/hockeystop/?p=294Hockey Stop was at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday for the NHL Winter Class alumni game, which featured some of the NHL’s best legends like the Rangers’ Mark Messier and Brian Leetch; and the Flyers’ Bobby Clarke and Bernie Parent. Wearing a Mark Messier New York Rangers jersey, I was with my cousins, also decked out in Rangers gear, we were obviously in enemy territory. We were greeted by some cordial Flyers fans, but the majority of the encounters were brutal and the language isn’t safe for work.

Please come back at noon on Monday as Hockey Stop will be tweeting live from the Winter Classic game in Philadelphia.

Wearing a Rangers jersey in Philly always makes for a good time. (Mike Damante/For the Chronicle)

Highlights:
-The Flyers won the alumni game 3-1.
-Former Aero Mark Howe scored on a penalty shot for the Flyers.
– Eric Lindros hooked up with former line mate John LeClair on the Flyers first goal.
-45,808 attended the game.
-Bernie Parent got the loudest ovation for the Flyers.
– Mark Messier, Brian Leetch and Adam Graves on the ice at the same time brought back many memories from the Rangers 1994 championship team/ era.
– When the Flyers-Rangers play on Monday, the Flyers will enter the game 0-2 against New York this season. The Rangers are currently first place in the Eastern Conference.
-Citizen Bank Park is similar to Minute Maid Park in layout and structure. It has the the close proximity like an arena, but has the big-time feel of a MLB venue.
-Lots of tough guys in the lineup for both teams, but the game, as expected, was tame.
-Jeremy Roenick and Dan Blackburn still got it.